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The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for providing support to Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament, through the provision of office space and equipment, personal staff, salary and insurance services and training to MPs.[1] The duties of the ministry were merged with those of the Ministry of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms in May 2017, essentially resulting in the dissolution of the ministry.
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| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 7 April 1993 |
| Dissolved | 26 May 2017 |
| Jurisdiction | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| Website | minparliament |
List of ministers
edit| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Sri Lanka | |
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| Appointer | The President |
| Inaugural holder | Wimal Wickramasinghe |
| Formation | 7 April 1993 |
| Final holder | Gayantha Karunathilaka |
| Abolished | 26 May 2017 (merged) |
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs was an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.
- Parties
Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
| Name | Portrait | Party | Tenure | President | Ministerial title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimal Wickramasinghe | United National Party | 7 April 1993 – 16 August 1994 | Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga |
Minister of Environment & Parliamentary Affairs | |||
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 27 August 1994 – 9 June 1997 | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Public Administration, Plantation Industries & Parliamentary Affairs | |||
| Jeyaraj Fernandopulle | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 9 July 1997 – 10 October 2000 | Minister of Plan Implementation & Parliamentary Affairs | ||||
| S. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 19 October 2000 – 13 September 2001 | Minister of Samurdhi, Rural Development, Up country Development & Parliamentary Affairs | ||||
| Maithripala Sirisena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 14 September 2001 – 7 December 2001 | Minister of Mahaweli Development & Parliamentary Affairs | ||||
| A. H. M. Azwer | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 December 2001 – 7 February 2004 | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | ||||
| Milroy Fernando | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 24 April 2004 – 18 July 2005 | Minister of Christian & Parliamentary Affairs | ||||
| Wiswa Warnapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2 August 2005 – 1 March 2007 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |||
| M. H. Mohamed | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2 March 2007 – 2010 | |||||
| Sumedha G. Jayasena | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 23 April 2010 – 8 January 2015 | |||||
| Gayantha Karunathilaka | United National Party | 9 January 2015 – 26 May 2017 | Maithripala Sirisena | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Our Services". Minparliament.gov.lk. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2017.